{"id":117,"date":"2016-11-05T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T20:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/limu\/?p=117"},"modified":"2016-12-06T00:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T07:14:23","slug":"final-project-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/limu\/2016\/11\/05\/final-project-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project Reflection -Assessing the Potential for Expanding Agriculture in Washington State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assessing the Potential for Expanding Agriculture in Washington Sta<\/strong>te<\/p>\n

Group Members: Avril Li,\u00a0Ben Felstein,\u00a0Paul Levine,\u00a0Rebecca Mason<\/p>\n

Project Proposal and Goals<\/span><\/p>\n

Our team’s proposal was assessing the potential for expanding agriculture in Washington State.<\/span>Our project focuses mainly on the agricultural expansion in Washington States. Our project aims to answer question the “Is Washington State fulfilling its agricultural potential or are there significant areas of suitable agricultural land that are not currently being farmed?” We are going to use GIS analysis to assess the extent to which agriculture in WA could be expanded. Our analysis will focus on WA\u2019s top 3 cereal crops: wheat, corn and barley. After determining the potential area for farming,\u00a0we will then examine the significance of this figure in both a local and a global context.<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Organization<\/span><\/p>\n

Stage 1: Data Acquisition<\/p>\n